ANNALISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANNALISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANNALISTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANNALISTIC is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANNALISTIC
No single letter turns ANNALISTIC into another word.
How ANNALISTIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANNALISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANNALISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANNALISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to annals, or written in the dry year-by-year style of a chronicler.
Historians call a text annalistic when it lists events in order of date, with little explanation or narrative. The label suggests accuracy but also a certain flatness compared with a lively history.
How ANNALISTIC is used
Used in history and literary criticism, as in annalistic style or annalistic record.
- The monk kept an annalistic record of the abbey.
- The book has an annalistic style, moving year by year.
- Annalistic writing tends to omit motives and causes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANNALISTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANNALISTIC
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Common questions about ANNALISTIC
- Is ANNALISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANNALISTIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANNALISTIC worth?
- ANNALISTIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANNALISTIC mean?
- Relating to annals, or written in the dry year-by-year style of a chronicler.
- What letters can be added to ANNALISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANNALISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANNALISTIC:
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